The original Don Mills development would incorporate fifty-three different home designs. This modernist model, designed by Irving Grossman and built by Planet Construction, sold for 17,500 dollars in 1956.
Photo from "Canadian Homes & Gardens", February 1959 / https://donmills.wordpress.com
Here we see the newly-completed DON MILLS Dominion supermarket, which was a relocation of the smaller -circa-1955- store. Nearly twice the size of the original location, it opened in 1959.
Photo from Explore Retail Stores, Grocery Stores & More! / Mike Calderone
Don Mills Civitan Arena, a junior-league hockey venue, was added to the DON MILLS mall at around the same time that the adjacent Dominion store was constructed.
Photo from https://static1.squarespace.com / Bob Krawczyk
A high-end space-age structure was built adjacent to the Civitan Arena. The Don Mills Curling Rink, a.k.a. "The Big Top", hosted ice-based curling competition from the time of its September 1960 completion until 1970. Following this, the facility was used as a bingo hall. It was demolished in 1986.
Photo from http://spacing.ca/toronto / Chris Bateman
